Mom-guilt. I hate it. The moment the nurse placed each of my four babies into my eager arms, I could physically feel a lump form in my throat, a lead brick settle in my stomach, and some type of hot, painful, guilt-hormone race through my veins. He has ear infections because I didn't breastfeed long enough.I … [Read more...]
Boys Will Be Boys
"Dad will love this!" David grabbed the navy blue t-shirt off the rack and shoved it under my nose.Had my teenage son lost his mind? "Oh, son, you've got to be kidding me. Your father would never be caught dead in that." Visions of my 80's high school years and a parade of muscle-shirt-wearing teen males flashed before my eyes. … [Read more...]
Parenting Tip #1,438,724
Never leave your seven year old alone with his father and a roll of scotch tape. … [Read more...]